CVE-2009-0692

Impact:
Critical
Public Date:
2009-07-14
CWE:
CWE-130->CWE-121
Bugzilla:
507717: CVE-2009-0692 dhclient: stack overflow leads to arbitrary code execution as root

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the script_write_params method in client/dhclient.c in ISC DHCP dhclient 4.1 before 4.1.0p1, 4.0 before 4.0.1p1, 3.1 before 3.1.2p1, 3.0, and 2.0 allows remote DHCP servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted subnet-mask option.

Find out more about CVE-2009-0692 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue affected the dhcp packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4. Updated packages to correct this issue are available via Red Hat Network:

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/CVE-2009-0692.html

This issue did not affect the dhcp packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 due to the use of FORTIFY_SOURCE protection mechanism that changes the exploitability of the issue into a controlled application termination.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 8.3
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (dhcp) RHSA-2009:1136 2009-07-14
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (dhcp) RHSA-2009:1154 2009-07-14
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 4.7 (dhcp) RHSA-2009:1136 2009-07-14

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